MoonShine

Artist: Natalie Merchant Album: Ophelia Song: "Thick as Thieves" Lyric: "I come to you in restless sleep Where all your dreams turn bitter-sweet With voodoo doll philosophies And day-glo holy trinities The crooked raft that leaves the shore Ferries drunken souls aboard Pilgrims march to Compestela Visions of their saint in yellow All follow deep in trance Lost in a catatonic dance Know no future Damn the past Blind, warm, ecstatic Safe at last…"

Post-apocalyptic awesomeness. Recommended.

Happy Birthday Knucks. I live for your posts in the SF. Seriously.

175 lbs 1500 miles (equates to commuting at least 3 times per week).

Yikes, Haj had more points after just 2 players than I managed to total all of last week. Looks like I'm gonna be on the wrong end of a serious ass kicking (again).

Words to live by.

From the comments: If that toddler had been carrying concealed, he would have been able to defend himself from eagle attacks!

There are some steps we could take now : Require all of the licensing & background checks that are currently in place for new guns for the sale of used guns (they are no less lethal than new guns). Strengthen the depth of background checks and expand them to include all household members. Would the gun enthusiasts here oppose this? If so, for what reason? Also - a question for the gun people: where you draw the line as far as what level of semi-automatic / fully automatic weapons being a "right?

Ironically enough, according to some gun enthusiast customers I spoke to today, guns are flying off the shelves as people stock up in anticipation of stricter laws.

From Sam Harris: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/this-must-be-heaven

^ From the Goodreads blurb: "A SCIENTIST’S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress." So he goes on to have his own NDE and I am curious: How is his NDE experience any more valid of a "proof" than anyone else's? Is it merely because he is a doctor/scientist/(former)skeptic? Or does he bring any actual science to bear on his experience? How is this one special? I ask as an admitted skeptic/unbeliever myself who long ago dismissed NDE's in general as worthy evidence/proof (being anecdotal). But I want to believe.....

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And just imagine how much safer prisons would be if they had guns.

Yeah... more guns are the answer.

Holy Freaking Alzheimers Batman.... I left my new bike outside in front of my house all night last night. I was so sick/afraid it was not going to be there when I went outside to look this morning after realizing what I had done after I woke up. It was there, though. Thankful I live in a nice neighborhood. Lucky, though. Won't be doing that again.

My commute. SO out of shape.

One of these days one of those set-ups is going to go horribly wrong and someone is going to freak out, whip out their Glock and blow someones head off. Surprised it hasn't happened already.

After spending some time on the fluid trainer on Friday (which I am relieved to report went well after reading some sketchy reviews; A little noisier than I expected but no other issues) I took the Defy out on Saturday for a cruise around town in the rain. Wow. My first bike was a 10 speed Peugeot I got for Christmas when I was 11 years old. Haven't had a road bike since then; they have all been mt bikes including the Cannondale I toured the coast with in '92. This is a whole different animal. So light and fast. Like going from a van to a sports car. It's going to take some getting used to. My last bike was a Marin Coast Trail "comfort"/commuter bike and the riding positions are obviously drastically different. This feels so much more forward. After the first few miles I felt fine in the 2 upright positions but the full drop position still feels really weird which I am going to need to remedy as that is the best position for good braking, especially in the rain. What I learned: Most of my gear performed very well in the rain, especially my Showers Pass jacket and North Face pants. Exception: Nike Gore-Tex shoes: fail. Soaked. Exception 2: My seat bag is not water proof or even water resistant. Very pleased that my back and neck were not sore at all. My neck has always been an issue, even on the comfort bike, so that's great news. Braking is an issue: in the top forward position I can brake but not with much leverage. Not sure how much of the issue is the rain though so I need to compare when I do my first dry ride. I love how the frame fits me. It feels absolutely perfect. All in all, very happy so far! Edit: kinda funny when I first got on it. I have never seen this type of shifter and it took me a few minutes to figure out how the the hell to down shift. Mostly by accident discovered it was the brake lever! Most ingenious design.

Nested "mythpunk" stories that get better as you go.

http://www.groupon.c...gs-1?c=all&p=29 Groupon has Powerbag Gadget Charging Bags for $35

Going to go look at (and possibly buy) a 2011 Giant Defy 3 tomorrow.

I will be happy to break .500 this year. After starting 0-5 I have gone 4-1. A lot of disasters on my autopick roster: Vick. Nuff said. Jennings injured almost every game (total of 1 TD this season). Demarco Murray and DeAngelo Williams MIA. Rice has been steady but overall disappointing as has been Mathews. Almost half of my draft roster gone. It's actually been a fun challenge trying to field a competitive team week to week though Now I have to play Jeff.....

Wear them where?